Women in the Literary Landscape: A Centennial Publication of the Women's National Book Association
From colonial times, women have been at the forefront of significant developments in the literary community and the book world. Despite this important history, no single publication has provided an overview of women's roles in writing, publishing, bookselling, and librarianship. With Women in the Literary Landscape, in honor of its Centennial, the WNBA breaks new ground with a narrative connecting women's contributions in these fields with the relevant social history.
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Doris Weatherford is affiliated with the University of South Florida, is active in the political arena, and has been extensively recognized for her contributions to the field of women's history. She was editor-in-chief and major contributor to the monumental reference work, A History of Women in the United States: State-by-State Reference (Grolier Academic Reference, 2004), which offers detailed and engaging histories of women in each of the fifty states. Her other publications include Foreign and Female: Immigrant Women in America, 1840-1920 (1986), American Women's History: An A―Z of People, Organizations, Issues and Events (1994), Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's History (1997), American Women during World War II (Routledge, 2009), and a two-volume work for Congressional Quarterly Press, Women in American Politics: History and Milestones (2012).
Rosalind Reisner is a writer, speaker, and librarian who presents programs and writes about books, reading, and readers' advisory services.
"Brilliantly written and researched . . . . every page is filled with surprises, enchantments, and exciting new information of significance."
-- From the foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook, biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt
I felt enormously proud as I read this book. It's well-written and wonderfully researched and it made my heart sing. Reading about the ways women have been part of our literary heritage from the beginning was fascinating and inspiriting. It made me realize how brave and determined these women were, how energetic, how indefatigable . . .Brava to women booksellers, and to all the other women who have been so invaluable to the culture of books in this country. And brava to the WNBA for producing this marvelous volume.
-- Roxana Robinson, author (Sparta, 2014) and former head of Author's Guild
The American world of books would have been poor indeed without the many significant contributions women have made throughout our country's relatively short history. It is so good to have them gathered together and brought to life in this excellent book. Congratulations to WNBA, and may this vital organization flourish and prosper for at least another hundred years!
-- Deirdre Bair, biographer Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Becket, and others
